Music Magazine Initial research.

The biggest consumer magazine publishers are:

• Bauer (which took over the 2nd largest group, Emap, in 2008): 26%
• Kerrang
• Q
• Mojo
  
• IPC (Time Warner): 20%
• NME
• Uncut
  
• BBC Magazines (BBC): 8%
• Radio Times
  
• National Magazines (Hearst): 7%

In the UK there are 4 music magazines:
Kerrang
NME
Mojo
Q
The audience that they target are people interested in music. The specific audience will vary depending on the genre of music that the magazine has. For example a classical music magazine will generally target an older audience where as a pop magazine will target young teens that are likely to be female.